The Queen Mary Parent Advisory Council (PAC)

is a volunteer organization for parents of students at Queen Mary Community School in North Vancouver, British Columbia. It is a non-profit organization whose aim is to foster a rich school community, provide a link between school staff and parents, and help raise funds for program enrichment at the school.

Many of us have already heard about an incident that occurred at Canyon Heights Elementary School in North Vancouver. Go here for the full story from The Province.

Per the North Vancouver School District, on April 20, 2016:

RE: Incident at Canyon HeightsMany of us have already heard about an incident that occurred at Canyon Heights. This incident occurred on Sunday, April 17th. Please be aware that there have been social media reports that are providing false information.

The reported incident was investigated by the RCMP with the determination that a media release, by the RCMP, or the School District, will not occur at this time. If there is further information, we will communicate that to you.

Our teachers are taking this opportunity to strategically discuss the Be Street Smart and/or the Stranger Danger Tips resources (links found below) with our students this week. Please be mindful that the teacher-led discussions will be made kid-friendly and adapted at each grade level.

Treat your kids to a healthy & delicious frozen MaxFrutbar! Starting tomorrow, PAC will be selling every Friday after school through May. (On weeks with a Friday school closure, sales will happen on Wednesday.)

Look for us outside the multi-purpose room - many flavours for just $2 each!

There's so much going on this month! Last week, students brought home a piece of their art which had been transformed into a professionally printed greeting card from The Card Project. Other items are also available; you will need that unique card with codes to order. Just remember that orders are due Monday, April 18th.

This is a great fundraising initiative for our school and Queen Mary will receive 25% of all sales. Orders will be ready for delivery by the first week of May.

Queen Mary needs extra hands for varying days and times throughout the week. These positions only require 30 to 60 minutes of your time, so please consider helping us out!

Garage Sale - help PAC run its concession stand and sales table. We are asking for help in one hour shifts between 9am and 1pm this Saturday, April 9th.

Valet Service - supervise students running the morning valet service at the Student Drop-Off/Pick-Up Area. You do not actually engage or direct traffic yourself. Start at 8:30am and continue until 9:00am, on whichever days you can.

Fruit & Vegetable Program - prep/distribute healthy snacks for students! Help is needed once a month, for about an hour.

Food Access Program - prep various snacks for students. Help is needed on Monday before 8:30am, and anytime on Wednesdays for about 30 minutes.

Library - sort and shelve books in the library! Help is needed anytime Tuesday through Thursday, for as little or long as you can offer.

Our annual Hanging Basket fundraiser returns this month! Hardcopy information and order forms went home today; if you didn't receive it then click hereto download.

These baskets will arrive for pick up on May 5, just in time for Mother's Day. Please consider buying some for yourself too, or asking co-workers and neighbours to support us. The money raised will be funding this year's Family BBQ in June.

Also don't forget to visit our special page with pictures of the lovely baskets!